A congressional committee in Brazil votes to recommend the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

A US Navy officer is charged with espionage, accused of passing military secrets to China and Taiwan.

Italy's financial industry has agreed a government-backed plan to set up a rescue fund to help weaker banks.

Ukraine's parliament is to try to vote in a replacement for Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk amid a growing sense of political crisis.

China says G7 foreign ministers should stop making "irresponsible remarks" after they released a statement on maritime territorial disputes.

Venezuela's Supreme Court overturns an amnesty for political prisoners approved last month by the opposition-controlled parliament.

Plans to force the largest companies to disclose more about their tax affairs will be unveiled by the European Union on Tuesday.

Thirteen North Korean restaurant workers who defected last week had been working in China and left the country legally, says China.